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Ask HN: How not to tire of a personal project?

Post by CharlesTati » Sun, Jun 25, 2017, 4:18 PM UTC

I have read several stories about personal projects turning into something big or at least big enough to make a living out of it.

Working an hour or two every day would take months to have a minimum viable product.

Were people who completed a large-scale project simply having a great deal of discipline and did not get tired of the project? If so, how to develop such discipline?

Or did they have the opportunity to quit their job to accelerate development?

Re: Ask HN: How not to tire of a personal project?

Post by codazoda » Sun, Jun 25, 2017, 4:45 PM UTC

I usually build an MVP all at once. I'll have a plan on Friday and start working first thing Saturday morning. Typically I work until the MVP is finished; 8 to 12 hours later. I believe an MVP should be as simple as possible and I'm no prefectionist. Some really poor quality software and websites are popular. If it feels a real need, I assume people will use it.

I haven't built anything terribly successful, however, because I often build the wrong idea or lack the marketing chops to get people interested. My next MVP will be a simple marketing page with a "coming soon" sign up box to see if people even care before I build it.

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